ITB problems are the worst. Couple of years back I was knocked out for a good few weeks, was absolute agony at times. Walking down stairs was the worst! Foam rollers are amazing though, I still use mine after every run for pretty much every leg muscle.

Don't think there is actually if you weren't part of them. Don't worry, we started off silly, 125 miles. Then went down to 75/50 mile challenges with a wide range of people not starting/starting/finishing.

@AccidentProne have you emailed nike? I got an email back the next day (last week) saying they'd added my failed upload to my monthly total, but not into the challenges. Got an email this morning from them saying that they'd managed to upload my runs into the challenges. Checked and it's all there. So email them now if you've not already done so!

Although, that would knock me into 3rd place so...probably best to just leave it

Excellent, I'm on board with this strategy. Actually, SG and Gurgy are pretty much neck and neck at the moment, 12 hours each wouldn't be too bad, would it?

@Cosmic I emailed them and got the run added to my monthly total, but it's still not showing on my challenge board. Oh well, tonight's run should see me in 2nd regardless, assuming nobody else bothers running that is...

I think 5 is a good target, that's what I'm hoping for aswell, although I can imagine my legs thinking otherwise by lap 3/4/5.

I've got a last minute place in a local half marathon this weekend, a friend as had to drop out, not really sure why I said yes. So far this year I've been running quickly, but only over short distances, in fact I think I've only run up to 10k twice since October!

To be fair to Nike so far they have always replaced my watch without too much hassle. Same with a colleagues and iirc one other EG'r.
The only pain they've given me is wanting me to pay for a new one and they then reimburse me when they receive faulty one. Just leaves you hoping for no troubles in getting a refund.

I've emailed them and after a nice polite intro advising them of the current fault I've then pointed out (changed real ref no's to XXX) -

"My history with the Nike+ SportWatch GPS isn't a good one.

If you look back through your system and my account you will find that I have been very unfortunate with this watch or the watch has inherent faults. The watch I have today is my 3rd watch.

The watch I have today (No. 3) was supplied by Nike.com as replacement watch.

This replacement was handled under your Incident Number - XXX 6th July 2012 - when I returned watch No.2 as faulty.

For me it's just easier to keep an eye on my pace with a watch. My phone's either strapped to my arm or in my belt pouch, so not practical on the move. Also, not sure if you can pair your phone up with a heart rate monitor? Not sure the nike app reports cadence either, if you're using the foot sensor?